Johnny Best
Johnny McClanian Best, Jr. (October 20, 1913, Shelby, North Carolina – September 19, 2003) was an American jazz trumpeter. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 408 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | MS-07884 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Apr. 1937 | Born to swing | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-07885 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Apr. 1937 | Twilight in Turkey | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-07886 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Apr. 1937 | I'll never tell anyone I love you | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Dorothy Howe ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band, with vocal soloists | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-07887 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Apr. 1937 | Johnny One Note | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Dorothy Howe | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-07888 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Apr. 1937 | Someday sweetheart | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-07889 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Apr. 1937 | Bus blues | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-011303 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately early July 1937 | Whispers in the dark | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Peg LaCentra | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-011304 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately early July 1937 | 'Til the clock strikes three | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Peg LaCentra | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-011305 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately early July 1937 | The folks who live on the hill | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Peg LaCentra | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-011306 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately early July 1937 | If you should ever leave me | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Peg LaCentra | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-011307 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately early July 1937 | Because I love you | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-015507 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Sept. 1937 | Strange loneliness | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Dolores O'Neill ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band and vocal soloists | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-015508 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Sept. 1937 | Rosalie | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band and male vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-015509 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Sept. 1937 | Sweet Varsity Sue | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band and male vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-015510 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Sept. 1937 | S.O.S. | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-015511 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Sept. 1937 | I'm yours | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band and male vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-017807 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Dec. 1937 | Good night angel | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Nita Bradley | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solos | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-017808 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Dec. 1937 | You're out of this world | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Nita Bradley ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band, with vocal soloists | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-017809 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Dec. 1937 | Love for sale | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band and male vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-017810 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Dec. 1937 | Monsoon | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band and male vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-017811 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately late Dec. 1937 | Nightmare | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band and male vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-019825 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately early Feb. 1938 | Toy trumpet | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Nita Bradley | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-019826 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately early Feb. 1938 | Power house | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-019827 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately early Feb. 1938 | Old apple tree | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Nita Bradley | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Victor | MS-019828 | 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | approximately early Feb. 1938 | More than ever | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Nita Bradley | Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Best, Johnny," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/112462.
Best, Johnny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/112462.
"Best, Johnny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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